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Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 8:54 PM
Subject: Burnberries: Ardis/Burn & Bear/Russia
Dear Don and List,
I don´t know if these links that take us from
"Burnberries" to "Russia/Ardis" are too far-fetched, but I´ll risk
it.
In Ada, ch.41 we find Trofim exclaiming " Barin, a
Barin " and our narrator pointedly translates "Barin" as "master" ( while
at the same time making a quick reference to Blanche and to Lucette,
together with a warning about disaster and horror caused
by what might "seep through" leather or woolies).
In German, Bärin, means bear, the female
bear ( and bears, Urs are also connected to Lucette and, of
course, to Rus/ Russia ).
The German word for berries (
"yagodami" ) is " Beeren" and that could help us to associate
Bear/Bärin/Beeren/Berries.
Van writes one single line of poetry: " Ada, our
ardors and arbors" and, of course, we remember "Ardelia"
and "Ardis". Now, to burn, in latin, is
"ardere"...
Greetings,
Jansy